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Came out to check on the tank and discovered a sizable puddle of water beside it. There's more under my desk's drawers and under the tank stand itself. Just topped it off last night and there's about a centimeter of water missing (20g high) from where the water level should be.
Now, the base of the tank looks completely dry. I have a plastic skirt to protect the stand from any drips during maintenance and that is also dry.
The only things wet are the power cords from my heater and Hydor Koralia pump. The heater was displaying the temp as 75 F when it usually is 78 F (and set to 78), sometimes drops to 77 F. I turned off all power to the tank for now.
The Koralia's power cord was slowly dripping water onto the floor. The heater's cord was very wet near the top for a foot or two as it trails down the side of the tank.
what the heck?!
How does this happen? I assume there's some sort of weird suction going on pulling water down the cords which is weird, because the heater and pump are a good couple inches below the water surface of a rimmed tank, so the cords both arc upwards before going down. I run a drip loop on all cords so luckily no water is at the power supply but like
How do I stop this/prevent it and do I need a new heater? My torch near the heater is looking kind of pale and translucent so I'm worried the heater is sending out electricity or something. Or should I be looking for a source of a leak on the tank itself? what the heck is going on lol
Now, the base of the tank looks completely dry. I have a plastic skirt to protect the stand from any drips during maintenance and that is also dry.
The only things wet are the power cords from my heater and Hydor Koralia pump. The heater was displaying the temp as 75 F when it usually is 78 F (and set to 78), sometimes drops to 77 F. I turned off all power to the tank for now.
The Koralia's power cord was slowly dripping water onto the floor. The heater's cord was very wet near the top for a foot or two as it trails down the side of the tank.
what the heck?!
How does this happen? I assume there's some sort of weird suction going on pulling water down the cords which is weird, because the heater and pump are a good couple inches below the water surface of a rimmed tank, so the cords both arc upwards before going down. I run a drip loop on all cords so luckily no water is at the power supply but like
How do I stop this/prevent it and do I need a new heater? My torch near the heater is looking kind of pale and translucent so I'm worried the heater is sending out electricity or something. Or should I be looking for a source of a leak on the tank itself? what the heck is going on lol